Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
Directed by Sergio Castellitto
rape
civil war
based on novel or book
bosnia and herzegovina
balkan war
bosnian war (1992-95)
infertility
nonlinear timeline
1990s
balkans
mother son relationship
bosnia
sarajevo
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
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Cast
Penélope Cruz
Gemma
Emile Hirsch
Diego
Adnan Hasković
Gojco
Saadet Işıl Aksoy
Aska
Pietro Castellitto
Pietro
Mira Furlan
Velida
Vinicio Marchioni
Gemma's husband
Branko Đurić
Doctor
Jane Birkin
Psicologa
Luca De Filippo
Armando
Sergio Castellitto
Giuliano
Bruno Armando
Ginecologo
Crew
Sergio Castellitto
Director
Sergio Castellitto
Writer
Gian Filippo Corticelli
Director of Photography
Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano
Co-Producer
Fernando Bovaira
Co-Producer
Ghislain Barrois
Co-Producer
Simón de Santiago
Co-Producer
Sergio Castellitto
Producer
Penélope Cruz
Co-Producer
Margaret Mazzantini
Novel
Sonu Mishra
Costume Design
Alessandro Bertolazzi
Makeup Designer
Popular Reviews
9 reviews
stan
10.0★ · 12/25/25
sarajevo non ha il mare
sarajevo non ha il mare
Anno
10.0★ · 09/22/25
my teacher was cooking when she let us watch ts ES RA IYO THO ☹️
my teacher was cooking when she let us watch ts ES RA IYO THO ☹️
armi
8.0★ · 05/11/25
Made me feel something. Score.
Made me feel something. Score.
Kato
10.0★ · 04/21/25
საშინლად ლამაზი და შემაძრწუნებელი.ისეთი, სულში,რომ ჩაგწვდება და გულს ამოგიღებს.
საშინლად ლამაზი და შემაძრწუნებელი.ისეთი, სულში,რომ ჩაგწვდება და გულს ამოგიღებს.